ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B DUCKS, GEESE, & WATERFOWL Least Bittern u u r r • Killdeer u u c c • Sandwich Tern c c c c Black-bellied Whistling-Duck c c c c • Great Blue Heron c c c c • OYSTERCATCHERS Black Skimmer c c c u • Fulvous Whistling-Duck r r r Great Egret c c c c • American Oystercatcher u u u u • SKUAS & JAEGERS Snow Goose r Snowy Egret c ccc• STILTS & AVOCETS Pomarine Jaeger r r Wood Duck u u u u • Little Blue Heron c c c c • Black-necked Stilt u u u u • Parasitic Jaeger r r Gadwall r Tricolored Heron c c c c • American Avocet r r PIGEONS & DOVES American Wigeon r r Reddish Egret u u u u • SANDPIPERS & ALLIES Rock Pigeon c c c c • Mottled Duck c c c c • Cattle Egret a a a a • Spotted Sandpiper u r u u Eurasian Collared-Dove a a a a • Blue-winged Teal u r c c Green Heron u u u u • Solitary Sandpiper r u r White-winged Dove r r r r • Northern Shoveler r u u Black-crowned Night-Heron u u u u • Greater Yellowlegs u u c c Mourning Dove a a a a • Northern Pintail r Yellow-crowned Night-Heron u u u u • Willet c c c c Common Ground-Dove u u u u • Green-winged Teal r u IBISES & SPOONBILLS Lesser Yellowlegs u r c c CUCKOOS Canvasback r White Ibis a a a a • Upland Sandpiper r Yellow-billed Cuckoo u r u • Redhead r u Glossy Ibis c c c c • Whimbrel r r Mangrove Cuckoo r r r r • Ring-necked Duck u c c Roseate Spoonbill u u u u • Marbled Godwit r r Black-billed Cuckoo r Greater Scaup r NEW WORLD VULTURES Ruddy Turnstone u r c c BARN OWL Lesser Scaup r u c Black Vulture a a a a • Red Knot u r c c Barn Owl uuuu• Black Scoter r Turkey Vulture a c a a • Sanderling c u c c OWLS Bufflehead r OSPREY Semipalmated Sandpiper u r u Eastern Screech-Owl c c c c • Common Goldeneye r Osprey c c c c • Western Sandpiper u r u u Great Horned Owl u u u u • Hooded Merganser r u c HAWKS, EAGLES, & KITES Least Sandpiper c r c c Burrowing Owl r r r r • Red-breasted Merganser u u c Swallow-tailed Kite u u u • White-rumped Sandpiper r r r r Barred Owl u u u u • Ruddy Duck r r Northern Harrier r u u Baird’s Sandpiper r NIGHTJARS & ALLIES NEW WORLD QUAIL Sharp-shinned Hawk u u Pectoral Sandpiper u Common Nighthawk u u u • Northern Bobwhite u u u u • Cooper’s Hawk u u u u • Purple Sandpiper r Chuck-will’s-widow u u u r • PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEY, & ALLIES Bald Eagle u r u u • Dunlin u u u Eastern Whip-poor-will r r r Wild Turkey u u u u • Red-shouldered Hawk c c c c • Stilt Sandpiper r r u SWIFTS LOONS Broad-winged Hawk r u u Buff-breasted Sandpiper r Chimney Swift c c u • Common Loon c r c Short-tailed Hawk r r r r American Woodcock r HUMMINGBIRDS GREBES Red-tailed Hawk u u u u • Short-billed Dowitcher u r c u Ruby-throated Hummingbird u r u r • Pied-billed Grebe c r c c • RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS Long-billed Dowitcher u c c KINGFISHERS Horned Grebe u r u Clapper Rail r r r r • Wilson’s Snipe u u u Belted Kingfisher c r c c • STORKS King Rail r r r r • GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS WOODPECKERS Wood Stork c ccc• Virginia Rail r r Bonaparte’s Gull u Red-headed Woodpecker u u u u • FRIGATEBIRDS Sora r r u Laughing Gull a c a a Red-bellied Woodpecker c c c c • Magnificent Frigatebird c c c r Purple Gallinule u u u u • Franklin’s Gull r Yellow-bellied Sapsucker r r u BOOBIES & GANNETS Common Gallinule c c c c • Ring-billed Gull c r c c Downy Woodpecker u u u u • Brown Booby r American Coot c r c c • Herring Gull u u u Hairy Woodpecker r r r r • Northern Gannet u u c LIMPKIN Lesser Black-backed Gull r r u Northern Flicker u u u u • CORMORANTS & SHAGS Limpkin c c c c • Great Black-backed Gull r Pileated Woodpecker u u u u • Double-crested Cormorant c c c c • CRANES Sooty Tern r FALCONS & CARACARAS ANHINGAS Sandhill Crane c c c c • Least Tern c c • Crested Caracara r r r r • Anhinga c c c c • PLOVERS & LAPWINGS Gull-billed Tern r American Kestrel u r c c PELICANS Black-bellied Plover u u c c Caspian Tern u u u Merlin r r r American White Pelican u r u c Snowy Plover u u u u • Black Tern r r u r Peregrine Falcon r r r Brown Pelican c c c c • Wilson’s Plover u u u u • Common Tern u r u u PARROTS HERONS, EGRETS, & BITTERNS Semipalmated Plover c u c c Forster’s Tern c u c c Monk Parakeet u u u u • American Bittern r r r Piping Plover r r Royal Tern c c c c Nanday Parakeet c c c c • ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B ߜ SPECIES Spr Sum Fall Win B TYRANT FLYCATCHERS THRUSHES & ALLIES Yellow-rumped Warbler c c a Eastern Wood-Pewee u u Eastern Bluebird u u u u • Yellow-throated Warbler u r u u Yellow-bellied Flycatcher r r Veery r u Prairie Warbler u r u u • Acadian Flycatcher u u Gray-cheeked Thrush u u Black-throated Green Warbler u u r Least Flycatcher r Swainson’s Thrush u u Canada Warbler r Eastern Phoebe u u c Hermit Thrush u u u Wilson’s Warbler r r r Great Crested Flycatcher c c u r • Wood Thrush u u BUNTINGS & NEW WORLD SPARROWS Tropical Kingbird r r r r • American Robin u u c Eastern Towhee c c c c • Checklist Western Kingbird r r MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS Bachman’s Sparrow r r r r • Eastern Kingbird u r u Gray Catbird c c u Chipping Sparrow u u u Gray Kingbird u u • Northern Mockingbird c c c c • Clay-colored Sparrow r of Birds Scissor-tailed Flycatcher r r r Brown Thrasher u u u u • Field Sparrow r of Sarasota County SHRIKES STARLINGS Vesper Sparrow r Loggerhead Shrike c c c c • European Starling a a a a • Lark Sparrow r VIREOS WAGTAILS & PIPITS Savannah Sparrow c c c White-eyed Vireo c c c c • American Pipit r u Grasshopper Sparrow u u u Bell’s Vireo r r r WAXWINGS Nelson’s Sparrow r This checklist includes all species recorded Yellow-throated Vireo u r u Cedar Waxwing u u u Song Sparrow r r more than once in Sarasota County since 1987. Blue-headed Vireo u u u NEW WORLD WARBLERS Lincoln’s Sparrow r r Comparative abundance in known habitats is Philadelphia Vireo r Ovenbird u u r Swamp Sparrow u u indicated by the following terms: Red-eyed Vireo c c Worm-eating Warbler u u White-throated Sparrow r Black-whiskered Vireo r r r Louisiana Waterthrush u White-crowned Sparrow r r a = Abundant (always seen) CROWS, JAYS, & MAGPIES Northern Waterthrush u u r CARDINALS & ALLIES c = Common (usually seen) Blue Jay c c c c • Blue-winged Warbler r r Summer Tanager u u Florida Scrub-Jay u u u u • Golden-winged Warbler r Scarlet Tanager u u u = Uncommon (sometimes seen) American Crow c c c c • Black-and-white Warbler u u u Northern Cardinal c c c c • r = Rare = (seldom seen) Fish Crow a a a a • Prothonotary Warbler u u Rose-breasted Grosbeak u u • = Breeding in area SWALLOWS Swainson’s Warbler r r Blue Grosbeak u u r Northern Rough-winged Swallow u r u u • Tennessee Warbler u u Indigo Bunting u u u Purple Martin c c • Orange-crowned Warbler r r Painted Bunting r r r Spring = March, April, May Tree Swallow c c a Nashville Warbler r r r Dickcissel r r r Summer = June, July, August Bank Swallow r r Connecticut Warbler r TROUPIALS & ALLIES Fall = September, October, November Barn Swallow u u c • Kentucky Warbler r r Bobolink u r Winter = December, January, February Cliff Swallow r Common Yellowthroat c u c c • Red-winged Blackbird a a a a • CHICKADEES & TITS Hooded Warbler u u Eastern Meadowlark u u u u • Tufted Titmouse u u u u • American Redstart u u r Yellow-headed Blackbird r NUTHATCHES Cape May Warbler u u Common Grackle c c c c • Brown-headed Nuthatch r r r r • Cerulean Warbler r r Boat-tailed Grackle c c c c • WRENS Northern Parula c u u r • Bronzed Cowbird r r r House Wren u u u Magnolia Warbler u u Brown-headed Cowbird c u c c • © 2014 Sarasota Audubon Society Sedge Wren r r r Bay-breasted Warbler r r Orchard Oriole u u All Rights Reserved Marsh Wren r r r Blackburnian Warbler u u Baltimore Oriole u u r Carolina Wren c c c c • Yellow Warbler u u SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, & ALLIES For further information contact: GNATCATCHERS Chestnut-sided Warbler r u House Finch u u u u • Sarasota Audubon Society, Inc. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher c u c c • Blackpoll Warbler u r Pine Siskin r P.O. Box 52132, Sarasota, FL 34232-0337 KINGLETS Black-throated Blue Warbler u u American Goldfinch u u (941) 364-9212 Ruby-crowned Kinglet u u u Palm Warbler c c a OLD WORLD SPARROWS For bird alerts log onto: Pine Warbler u u u u • House Sparrow c c c c • www.SarasotaAudubon.org